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6 produkter
Pacific Crossing
California Gold, Chinese Migration, and the Making of Hong Kong
Häftad, 2012
435 kr
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During the nineteenth century, tens of thousands of Chinese men and women crossed the Pacific to work, trade, and settle in California. Making use of extensive research in archives around the world, Pacific Crossing charts the rise of Chinese Gold Mountain firms engaged in all kinds of transpacific …
Meeting Place – Encounters across Cultures in Hong Kong, 1841–1984
Av Elizabeth Sinn, Christopher Munn m. fl.
Inbunden, 2018
639 kr
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Meeting Place presents detailed studies of day-to-day interactions among people of different cultures in a variety of settings. By showing that there was sustained among men and women of different cultures, it complicates traditional historical understandings of Hong Kong as a city either of rigid …
Last Half Century of Chinese Overseas
Av Elizabeth Sinn, Elizabeth Sinn
Häftad, 1998
369 kr
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The papers collected in this anthology look at Chinese overseas, residing in five continents in the half century after the Second World War, from many new perspectives. Some papers raise questions about the Chinese diaspora in broad conceptual terms, and inquire into the meaning of being Chinese …
Power and Charity – A Chinese Merchant Elite in Colonial Hong Kong
Häftad, 2003
344 kr
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Through a history of a charitable institution, th Tung Wah Hospital, Elizabeth Sinn here aims to reshape and deepen our understanding of the evolving interactions between the Chinese community in Hong Kong and the colonial rulers.
Pacific Crossing
California Gold, Chinese Migration, and the Making of Hong Kong
Inbunden, 2013
613 kr
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During the nineteenth century, tens of thousands of Chinese men and women crossed the Pacific to work, trade, and settle in California. Drawn by the gold rush, they brought with them skills and goods and a view of the world that, though still Chinese, was transformed by their long journeys back and …
